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What are the 7 fundamental quantities and their units?


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Fundamental quantities

  1. Fundamental quantities are independent physical quantities that are not possible to be expressed in terms of any other physical quantity.
  2. These quantities are used to derive all other physical quantities.
  3. The 7 fundamental quantities in SI system are:
Fundamental QuantityUnitSymbol
Timeseconds
Masskilogramkg
Length meterm
CurrentampereA
Temperature kelvinK
Amount of substancemolemol
Luminous intensitycandelacd

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